Willmar Wins Debate at Opera House Fray
A large Willmar audience heard Madison and Willmar high school teams debate direct primaries versus delegate conventions. Willmar won after strong rebuttals, with Madison praised for clarity. Judges awarded one vote for affirmative and two for negative. Post event reception followed at Bonde hall. next facing Fergus Falls in Ninth district play.
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Willmar
Madison Willmar High School
Lndias
Madison
Willmar High School
Hegstom
Hilleboe
M. P. Fobes
Marshall
F. McIntyre
Glenwood
P.T. Colgrove
St. Cloud
Ella Kittleson
Wallace Martin
Willamar
Effie Nordgaarden
Carl Jacobson
Clara Kithleson
Victor Koutson
Misa Clara Kittleson
Bonde Hall
Fergus Falls
Go to Reformatory for Carnal Knowledge Charge
Seventeen year old Paul Crommett was found guilty of carnal knowledge with a girl under sixteen and sentenced to the reformatory at St. Cloud. The case names Anna N. Olson as the complaining witness, with Bulger Crommett’s brother Melvin facing contempt charges in the same term. Additional liquor law indictments against Bud Miller and others are noted, with various outcomes and upcoming trials.
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Paul Crommett
St. Cloud
Anna N. Olson
Nestlake
New London
Green Lake Towns
Melvin Crommett
Bud Miller
Merchants Hotel
Bud
Barnard & Dely
Renville
A. O. Bryant
Theas
Oscar Melin
Carl Bjork
John Thompson
Carl N. Kallbak
P.O. Renstrom
Slop-John
Hans Garstad
Kievier Place
Coad
Harper Lacy
Andrew Bomsta
Bomsta
William
A Raving Maniac In Court And Lunacy Cases
A man 30 from Pablun Erick Olson was declared a fib subject for Fergus Falls hospital after violent lunacy requiring three men to restrain him. His sister also recently committed. A separate case involved Mrs Lens Baumann of Holland aged 46, examined for lunacy linked to religious distress and possible self-harm, also sent to Fergus Falls. The text then covers Swedish Lutheran Church district meeting notes in Cokato with officers, delegates, and funding recommendations, plus community church events at Fellows' Hall and the Monday Afternoon Club.
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Nordin
Erick Olson
Pablun
Olson
Malmberg
Jonas Lundquist
Anna Johnson
East Lake Lilian
Osane
Lens Baumann
Holland
Julius Baumann
Fergus Falls Hospital
D. J. McMahon
Raymond
Frost
Altho
Fergus Falls
Lundquist
Lake Elizabeth
Nell Norell
Kandiyaal
N. J. Johnson
H. Halvorson
Cokato
Johnson
Halvorson
O. A Nelson
the Baptist Church
Nilson
East Lake Lillian Baptist Church
Mission Circle
Hans Westlund
Tennessee
Norih
Samuel Edmund
Hop Lake Creamery
Grove City
Swedish Ev. Luth. Sharon church founded at Spicer area
A Swedish Lutheran congregation of forty nine members organized at Spicer under Rev A F B Sesstrand of New London. A committee on church matters formed. Church to be named Swedish Ev Luth Sharon church of Spicer and likely in one pastorate with New London. Officers elected Deacons and Trustees with terms.
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Spicar
A. Samuelson
Carl Carlson
Wu Peterson
Peat Factory Interest Grows Near Willmar
Local figures including J A Ferring and S H Belcher discuss developing a peat bed near Lake Willmar for fuel production. Interest from Bernard Sitz and Willmar businessmen grows. plans include a small-scale plant and home-owned stock. Evidence of temperance activity in Green Lake and job changes in local printing noted.
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Jo. A. Ferring
Areas Lake
Willmar
Bernard T. Sitz
Norwood
Openlig & Peat
Willmar Capital
Lake Andrew Death and Community Notices
Mrs Anne Petterson dies at 34 after a year of feeble health. Her funeral is at Norway Lake with interment in Hauge cemetery. Other notes cover illness, local visits, tax collection, and social events in Lake Elizabeth and surrounding towns. A large violin recital at the opera house drew a strong audience, and Bishop Edsall will visit St. Luke's on March 4 for confirmation.
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Lake Andrew
Anne Petterson
Martin Quamsoe
Norway Lake
Hauge
Petterson
Tate
Jericho
Carl O. Linderud
Willmar
Hilda Skaslerud
Hanna Stene
Ide Nelson
Robert
George Stene
Schoonner
Edsall
S.C. Edsall
D. D
Minnesota
St. Luke’s Parish
Wreck Kills Three On Columbia Falls Train Collision
A head on collision yesterday in Columbia Falls Montana between the G I N Oriental Limited and train No 7 killed three men including express messenger B H Wurzbacher. Local residents recall his past runs on trains 9 and 10.
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Columbia Falls
Mont
G.I. N. Oriental Limited
B. H. Wurzbacher
Willmar School Board Seeks New High School Building
The Willmar Board of Education calls a special meeting at the high school on Monday evening February 6 to decide on providing adequate space for next year. Current grades are overcrowded with 955 total students. high school room capacity is 95 but enrollment is 131, necessitating new rooms and a high school building with at least two grade rooms. The board estimates total cost at 425,000 with possible bond funding and asks voter support for a tax levy and construction.
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Vetera
Willmar
Board of Education
Library
Garfield
Gjems
Pywalt
Pondillos
A. O. Forssers
Presi A It
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Ladies Aid Society of the Free Lutheran Church
John Johnson
Martin Olson
Willmar Choral Club
Neo James Roach
Raymond Saloon
Atwater
John A. Isaacson
Henning Nelson
Ole N. Ruden
Albert Apelgren
Franklin Glader
Nels Blomberg
Albert Lee
Fred Gratz
Ray Yahnke
Louis J. Johnson
J. W. Dudley
John A. Johnson
J. H. Toensing
William F. Behmood Paul Ring
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Otto Tveite
Barnstad Addition
Michaelson Ann
Lutheran, Free Church Cemetery
James Stansberry
Coantiel
Order of Foresters
I Minchesera Contral Telephone Co
Erick Olsen
Fahlun
Pacific Mission District
Lara Larson
Engman
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P. E. Berg
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Erick Einstrom
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the Tribune
Central Minnesota Implement Dealers Association
S. E. Stansberry
G. M. Robbins
Odd Fellows Hall
Willmar Seminary
Carl Thean
George Sletten
Gertrude Hilleboe
Park Region Luther College
U.S
Opera House
Ole Lundquist
Thomes Olson
Green Lake
Civic Federation of
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Lake Shore
Odge Fellows
Willmar Lodge
B. G. Cavell
Kerkhoven Lodge
Total Abstinence Society
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Long Lake Ehurch
K. T. Rykken
P. D. Beamer
Aloola
C. F. Spencer
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Hal' Dor Hanson
Hanson
Mias
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J." T. Otos
Toning
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Bethel Church
Lewis Pridlund
O. L. Englund
F. F. Nelson
North Country
Martin E. Tew
Gennessee
Arthur Lindberg
C. J. Gilbertson
Misa Mable
Gunhild Peterson
J. G. Porter
Ole Benson
Anna
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Andrew
Carl Remmel
Max Intry Kid
Harold Englund
M. Matthens
Walter Anderson
Edwin Olson
Englund
Amy Gustafson
Mamrélund
Rav. G. Peterson
Swedish Lutheran Church
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Mamrelund Church
Lutheran Free Church
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Young’s Society
Jorstad
Sivert Johansen
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Church Altors
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Artin Olson
Country Ladies Society
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